My tea of the month for September was O-Cha's Sencha Otsuusan. I love the flavor of Karigane and this is the best I've tasted. I began my tea day with Oh-Cha's Gyokuro Tsuru Jirushu. Now I'm closer to the other end of the cost spectrum experimenting with Bai Mu Dan brewing advice from debunix.

September was a crazy month for tea, lots of travel and limited tea access, lots of cool brewed tea while on the road, and new tea order from my main supplier, Norbu. The best tea experience of the month was from the first time I successfully brewed tea again in my not-quite-dead-yet Petr Novak shiboridashi. The excellent Gu Zhu Zi Sun was as lovely as the first time around, despite a slight leak.

Today, a wonderful session of Yuuki-cha Sayamakaori sencha, brewed in the kyusu from Petr. Mmmm.

Chip wrote:I am still figuring out my personal best tea for September. I think another day for this topic is in order.

+1 to this, I have had a couple really good teas in September not sure which should claim top prize. I will say the one that surprised me the most was a Traditional Fired 1,200 m Dong Ding sample that was thrown in with my order from The Mandarins tea room. (Not currently listed on his site, do not know if he will list it in the future).

For using the words Traditional fired, it was not nearly as roasted as I expected it to be, and the roast profile while present, was minimal, but it was still incredibly buttery and fruity.